South Korean actress Lee Hye-ri, well known by her professional name as Hyeri, is a singer and television personality. She became well-known for being the newest member of the girl group Girl’s Day. She is one of the highest-paid commercial models in South Korea. She was nicknamed as the “Nation’s Little Sister” by the media and ranked third on Forbes’ 2016 Korea Power Celebrity list.Due to her bright energy and adaptable chemistry with other cast members she has been referred to as a “blue chip” in the entertainment world.
How was Hyeri’s early life?
Hyeri was born in South Korea’s Gyeonggi province on June 9, 1994, in Gwangju. Hyeri grew up in hardship, living in the country with her grandmother while her mother worked at a factory. She has a younger sister named Hye-rim.
Hyeri joined Girl’s Day without much experience after being discovered by Dream T Entertainment at a talent event when she was in middle school. She later studied at Konkuk University with a film degree after attending Seoul School of Performing Arts.
How did Hyeri enter the K-Pop industry?
Just two months after the group’s debut, Hyeri and Yura were introduced as new members of Girl’s Day when Jiin and Jisun left the group. The newly reformed group debuted their first single “Nothing Lasts Forever,” and they later went on to become one of the most well-known and financially profitable musical quartets of their time. In 2019, Hyeri’s exclusive deal with Dream T Entertainment came to an end, and she joined the recently established agency Creative Group ING.
What was the start of Hyeri’s acting career?
In the weekend drama Tasty Life in 2012, Hyeri made her acting debut as the youngest daughter in a household.
In South Korea, a quick video of her went viral after she made an appearance on Real Men in August 2014; at the time, this achievement of achieving one million views in a day was unheard of. As a result, she became famous over-night and later won an award for the Best Female Newcomer for her participation in Real Men.
Hyeri was chosen in November 2014 to play one of the lead roles in the teen drama Schoolgirl Detectives, which premiered on the cable channel JTBC in December.
She was also given a role in the romantic comedy mystery drama Hyde, Jekyll, Me in late 2014.
Hyeri was chosen to play the lead role in the drama Reply 1988 in 2015. One of the top rated dramas in Korean cable television history, the drama had its debut in November and went on to become a commercial success with audience ratings that peaked at 18.8%. Hyeri’s award-winning portrayal of the female protagonist garnered praise from both the media and the general public.
Hyeri earned the “New Star Award” at the 2016 SBS Drama Awards for her role as the protagonist in the SBS drama Entertainer, which debuted on April 20 and starred actor Ji Sung and CNBLUE member Kang Min-hyuk.
Alongside Jo Jung-suk and Kim Seon-ho, she also featured in the drama Two Cops in 2017. It was revealed in 2017 that Hyeri would star as the female lead in Monstrum, and filming got under way in April.2018 September marked the release of Monstrum. Hyeri was cast in the boxing comedy drama movie My Punch-Drunk Boxer in 2018. The movie had its world premiere in September 2019 at the 20th Jeonju International Film Festival, and in October, it received wide release. Hyeri also starred in Miss Lee, an office comedy drama on tvN, in 2019.
Hyeri appeared in the historical drama Moonshine on KBS2 and the fantasy-romance drama My Roommate Is a Gumiho on tvN in 2021.
How did Hyeri met her life partner Ryu Jun Yeol?
On the set of the Korean drama “Reply 1988,” where they played childhood friends, actors Hyeri and Ryu Jun Yeolfirst got to know one another.
Soon after the series’ November 2015 debut, fans began shipping Jung Hwan and Deok Sun, the two main characters. One year later, the show came to an end.
However, the cast of “Reply 1988” had a concert for fans at Kyunghee University, and Hyeri and Ryu both won an award at the tvN10 Awards, so the two kept running into each other throughout the following year.Fans started speculating that Ryu and Hyeri were allegedly dating by August 2017 when she was discovered going to his house. Shortly later, Ryu’s representatives announced the news.Fans weren’t the only ones who were astonished when it was revealed that Hyeri and Ryu Jun Yeol were dating. They surprised their coworkers just as much.
What are Hyeri’s other achievements outside of singing and acting?
Hyeri became one of the most sought-after advertising models in South Korea as a result of the popularity of Reply 1988 and the virality of her video. She had shot over 30 commercials by the beginning of 2016 for companies like Puma, Ghana from Lotte Confectionery, Bohae, and Happy Bath from Amore Pacific, earning her the moniker “10 billion girl” from the South Korean media.
In March 2015, Hyeri received a certificate of recognition from the government for promoting minimum wage knowledge and compliance after being chosen as the face of Albamon, a website that helps people find part-time jobs.
Following Hyeri’s endorsement, sales of items like 7-Eleven lunch boxes rose by 78% and Nongshim ramen by 50%. Similarly, after a new ad featuring Hyeri was aired in 2017, page views of Dabang, a real estate mobile app that Hyeri has promoted since 2015, increased from 5 million to 15 million, and weekly user count increased from to 1.5 million.
Hyeri debuted her own YouTube account in July 2019, where she started uploading vlogs, mukbangs, and behind-the-scenes pictures from the set of movies. She got The Silver Creator Award a month later for reaching 100,000 members. At the Brand of the Year Awards in 2020, she received the “Celebrity YouTuber of the Year” honour.